# Air Quality Alert: Swift; Chippewa; Renville; Nicollet; Blue Earth; Waseca; Steele — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-07-15 21:46 ingested 2026-07-16 08:17

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## extract

Air Quality Alert — Swift; Chippewa; Renville; Nicollet; Blue Earth; Waseca; Steele
Severity: Unknown. Certainty: Unknown.
MNZ055-056-065-075-083>085-171600-
Blue Earth-Chippewa-Nicollet-Renville-Steele-Swift-Waseca-
Including the Tribal Nation of Upper Sioux
Including the city of Mankato

...AIR QUALITY ALERT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT FRIDAY...

* WHAT...The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an Air
Quality Alert for fine particles pollution. The Air Quality Index
(AQI) is expected to reach the Red or Unhealthy category.

* WHERE...Portions of central Minnesota.

* WHEN...Until 11 AM CDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Some members of the general public may experience
health effects. Sensitive groups, such as people with lung
disease (including asthma), heart disease, and children and older
adults, may experience health effects.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Dense smoke is being pulled by a quasi-
stationary front across southern Minnesota. Smoke will arrive
Minnesota River Valley overnight Wednesday into Thursday. The
smoke will have a rapid onset with visibility rapidly declining.
There will be a sharp gradient of smoke, with some areas of the
same counties experiencing Good/Green air quality while other
experience Red/Unhealthy for All conditions. Conditions will
gradually improve by Friday morning as the front retreats
northward.

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.